Thanks for the explanation. It looks like you are getting into some contact mechanics then. That gets really complicated, really fast.
I can send you some of the Lubriplate grease, if you like. I have no idea if it's empirically any good (just works).
Send me a PM, huskerlrrp; I'll happily test it.
Below is a continuation of posts at czforum.com
http://www.czforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5566.msg23292#msg23292 in that some glitch keeps it from posting at this time:
The sample of "Moly Cote" arrived from WCS labeled Moly "G" which I was unable to locate on the web except for numerous Chinese language links. Upon query, he indicated believing it to be an old
Moly Coat Corporation product.
I've found this currently-available product, btw, which is said to be 65% Moly (Molybdenum disulfide):
https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-234227-LOC51048-Anti-Seize-Compound/dp/B001HWBSJW?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3The sample as received was essentially solid, i.e. a paste so free from vehicle that it flaked upon handling. I "thinned" it with
Amsoil Severe Gear to give it the fluidity needed to not "run dry" immediately under my "balls only" (dry plate) lube application protocol. I actually tested two different "dilution" rates; enough
Severe Gear to convert the solid paste to a barely-fluid paste, and then (after having added
Severe Gear to a fairly "solid" sample of
Anti-Sieze to obtain reasonable fluidity), additional
Severe Gear to obtain a similar level of fluidity (such that at the end of the test the lube hadn't yet "dried out" from the contact area). The
Severe Gear detracted from the lubricity in both cases, as a molecular physicist might deem an obvious result of diluting a lower coefficient of friction medium with a higher one. At any rate, the tests prove Moly to be superior to
Anti-Sieze for EP lubricity under these (arbitrarily) severe test conditions.
By way of filling in the blanks, for those who use automotive lubes for gun lube, and for personal curiosity, I wanted to test the aforementioned
Valvoline Full Synthetic https://drive.google.com/open?id=1b9MuJOGgot5-AlZP0XBcUWsR-hsoAIPx which I had abandoned in my small town for lack of Quick Lube availability after seeing online information that the newest-to-market full synthetic (
Pennzoil Platinum Plus) had actually eclipsed the latter. I bought a quart at
O?Reilly Auto Parts for $9.99, a substantial savings vs. the others. Surprisingly, it not only blew away
Mobil 1 but also
Platinum Plus under extreme pressure. I?m switching trusty auto back to
Valvoline Full Synthetic next oil change, whatever it takes.
I was curious about the racing lube that had served so well historically, namely Castor Oil ("bean oil"), an extract from the beans of the miraculous overnight plant by which the prophet Jonah was taught, also known as Palma Cristi or "Palm of Christ:" I still had a squirt bottle of
Castrol R that I'd used back in the '70's for motorcycle race engine assembly lube still on hand, albeit having turned from clear to chocolate brown over the years. I?d found recent utility as a sway bar bushing lube (after having created glass-hard wear-proof ?polished? journal sections via
Por-15), in light of its ?race gun secret? status amongst rubber band-powered model airplane enthusiasts as a near zero weight turbocharger. I subjected it to the same 3-ball EP test and was surprised to see it fare so well, especially for its age and obvious degradation!
Here are the "same methodology" results:
LUBE Average Load, lbs. Coefficient of friction
Moly ?G? w/
Amsoil Severe Gear 2.00 0.10
Valvoline Full Synthetic 5W-30 3.18 0.16
Castrol R (WELL aged) 2.93 0.15
